Spurrier, doing it his way

I dvr'd it.

 

it's pretty good so far

 

It's very even handed.

 

It was a good watch. I was hoping for a little more of the snarkyness that makes him so great.

 

The story I have heard regarding UT's recruitment of Spurrier was that Science Hill had a very good punter, and the scout (perhaps imbibed) made the recommendation that the punter be offered the scholly. He could have made that decision if he was thrown out by Steve's father, who was a Methodist Minister.

 

I always thought he was a Baptist preacher.

Carry on.

 

Catholic priest.

 

I'm 99.9% sure he was Methodist, the reason the came to be in Tennessee. Steve was born in Florida, but Methodist preachers move a lot.

 

Glad I left that .01%. Wikipedia says he was a Presbyterian Preacher, but I always remember him as a Methodist. Not convinced yet but then not really important.

 

Jedi Master.

 

"We don't have any championships. So we just put some record holders up there so we have some names up."

 

Yep. He can get under your skin worst than a chigger. But he is at least entertaining doing it.

 

Tebow is just damn insufferable.

 

Gotta love this one: "Don't really mind playing them the second game. They usually have two or three key players on suspension."

 

On a fire at the Auburn football dorm that destroyed 20 books: "But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet."

 

Tennessee wouldn't have offered a guy who was strictly a punter if they were running the single-wing at the time.


EDIT: Let me clarify this.

The single-wing didn't/doesn't offer much in the area of specialization in punting the football. The modern day punting formation actually comes directly from the single-wing punt formation and many teams of that era would use the formation on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd down as a form of deception that forced defenses to move a man 30 yards from the LOS. Even after the substitution rule change of 1941 allowed teams to sub at any time of the game, single-wing teams would still use their primary back as a punter.

 

My favorite

 

That followed one of the few nights where Spurrier beat them mercilessly.

 

Well I didn't say he was just a punter nor do I know, but most punters and kickers at that time played a regular position and happened to be the best on the team that could kick. The story I related was in the Bristol Newspaper, and was based on an interview with the punter. General Neyland was well known for having strong kicking teams, and will forever be known for the third down punt against Alabama in a downpour gambling on forcing a fumble, which they did, winning the game.